Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SB Touch for sale
Birderbill, PM sent. Let me know if you still have the Touch available. mdconnelly's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97157 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Incorrect screen display
I've saw this today when I was playing via Random songs. But, couldn't reproduce it (yet) -- mdconnelly Mike mdconnelly's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93439 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Switching to the linear power supply
firedog;636905 Wrote: The whole linear PS thing is a bit overblown. You can buy a quality switching PS with very fast switching that is just as good. Many audiophile components have switching supplies, it's not b/c they are being cheap or b/c it is an inferior technology. Like all things audio, it's not the technology, it's the implementation. There are crummy linear supplies, and good switching supplies. The question is - how good is the one that comes with the Touch? Mine seems to occasionally 'buzz'. I suspect it's related to the power coming in to my home. After reading about linear power supplies, I bought one. While I can't say for certain that it sounds dramatically better (although I think there is an improvement in quieter backgrounds), I can say that it doesn't 'buzz'. Anyone else experience a buzzing from the supplied wall-wart that comes with the Touch? -- mdconnelly Mike mdconnelly's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88357 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Standalone with HDD Which File Format?
I have 1300 albums in flac + album art on a 500g Lacie USB drive attached to my Touch. The Lacie has it's own power. It just works. The only time I've run into buffering issues is in playback of 24/96 hi-res files. Interestingly, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't so I'm not sure what the issue is. I haven't tried yet to recompress those flac files from -5 to a lower number to see if that would make a difference. -- mdconnelly Mike mdconnelly's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79896 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Standalone with HDD Which File Format?
JohnSwenson;557030 Wrote: ... Unfortunately several of the online music download services encode their hi rez flac files with -8. ... John S. Ah! I wasn't aware of that and that could very well have been the problem I was running in to since they were flacs that I downloaded from the a couple online hi-res sites. I'll take a closer look when I get home tonight. I agree that flacs at -5 are a good compromise and going to -8 may very well create more issues than benefits. -- mdconnelly Mike mdconnelly's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79896 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Standalone with HDD Which File Format?
My advice is to keep things simple. Managing a NAS has it's own headaches and a collection of 800 CDs is probably only going to take about 300+ gig in flac, so no real need for a NAS I wouldn't think. But do be sure to by a spare drive to backup your the hard disk. Depending upon your setup, you may find that running SqueezeCenter and feeding the Touch via wired or wireless from your LAN might be just as good as running TinySC. There are a few benefits from doing so such as browser access to SqueezeCenter and some of the plugins, but it does require you to keep you computer running SqueezeCenter up all the time. Not such a bad thing. -- mdconnelly Mike mdconnelly's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79896 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Sales or discounts?
What I will say about Logitech (although the credit should go to the Slimdevices team), is that our worst fears did not occur. Rather than taking the Squeezebox line down a low-price/low-quality commodity path as many feared, instead they significantly expanded the Squeezebox lineup with high quality, complementary products such as the Boom and Radio and then came out with the Touch which is a substantial improvement over the Duet and SB3 in all aspects. Were mistakes made along the way? Sure. But I for one am a very happy Squeezebox customer and the Touch was definitely worth the wait. Can't wait to see what's next! -- mdconnelly Mike mdconnelly's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77178 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How well does the Touch work?
Interesting! I received my Touch last night and within 5 minutes had it playing. It took me longer to get it out of the box than to get it playing music! The first thing I did was plug the Touch into my Oracle DAC1000 right next to my Duet, synced the Touch with the Duet, level-matched them and then proceeded to listen to a few of my favorite albums, occasionally switching between Touch and Duet. The switch was so seamless that frequently I thought it did not actually switch. After perhaps an hour or so of listening I did begin to hear subtle differences with the Touch being a wee bit more relaxed, refined and defined. I do wonder if the Touch needs 'breakin' time... anyone with experience on that? I have not YET attempted to compare via the Touch analog outs but will certainly do that at some point. I will say that running the Duet digital out thru my DAC was dramatically better than the Duet analog outs. Overall, I am one very happy Touch owner. My Duet will soon be demoted to kitchen duty. -- mdconnelly Mike mdconnelly's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77145 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How well does the Touch work?
mlsstl;533436 Wrote: In comparing the Touch analog out to the SB3/Lavry, the difference is extremely subtle in my book. I have to strain to hear the difference. I am very impressed and will probably end up selling my Lavry. In audiophile-land, the Touch has no right to sound as good as it does for the price. ;-) But what about the Touch Lavry compared to the Touch with analog out? -- mdconnelly Mike mdconnelly's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77145 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox Touch Audio Engine AW1
I've not used the AW1 but am quite familiar with the AudioEngine speakers. I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work with any Squeezebox including the Touch via the RCA output jacks or the headphone jack. But, the AW1 is also designed so that it can transmit directly from a computer via the AW1 USB dongle. The USB port on the Touch is designed as an input device so I doubt if it would work to transmit the same way a computer would. But, of course, the other AW1 USB dongle can be inserted directly into your A5s. Seems like that would be a great setup and extremely portable. I have no idea how good the wireless sounds compared to running wire. -- mdconnelly Mike mdconnelly's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74937 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Future Touch owners - how do you plan to use the embedded SqueezeboxServer?
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73380 Question: Using the Touch's embedded SBS... - I plan to use it as my main server/library - I plan to use it occasionally, such as when a friend brings around a USB drive - I have no interest it using it at all really I'll definitely give it a try and see what I'm missing... I would like to eliminate my 24x7 computer if I can and just put a 1tb drive connected to the Touch. -- mdconnelly Mike mdconnelly's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73380 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Olive 2 Player ?
If you're vested in Squeezeboxen, then the HP DreamScreen (or many of the Netbooks or an IPod for that matter) make a great alternative to the Squeezebox Controller, but hardly a Touch replacement. -- mdconnelly Mike mdconnelly's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72397 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch or NAS
iPhone;495276 Wrote: Hello and Welcome to the Forum. ... One also loses the WebUI when only running a Touch. Hmmm, didn't think of that. So would this imply that a Touch, running as a tiny SBC with hard disk attached, could ONLY be controlled by the Touch screen itself? That is, no WebUI, no Controller, no iPhone app, etc..? Syncing with other SBs? -- mdconnelly Mike mdconnelly's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72566 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch or NAS
Ah! Thanks for the info. Makes sense. So in a household of several SBs, Duets and a Touch in mini SC mode, control would only be possible from SB remotes, a Controller or iPeng on the iPhone. There wouldn't be a way to configure anything or select music via a laptop? -- mdconnelly Mike mdconnelly's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10312 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72566 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
